title: Inexpensive temperature monitor for heated humidifiers.
abstract: A commercially available indoor/outdoor electronic thermometer has been adapted to monitor both airway gas temperature and operating room temperature when heated humidifiers are used. Heated humidifiers that do not have temperature monitoring capabilities pose a risk of dangerously high inspired gas temperatures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Toronto General Hospital, Canada.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Doyle
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009330:Nebulizers and Vaporizers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013821:Thermometers / Q000592:standards*